Reversion to virulence and efficacy of an attenuated canarypox vaccine in Hawaii Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)

Author:

Atkinson, Carter T., Wiegand, Kimberly C., Triglia, Dennis, Jarvi, Susan I.

Title:

Reversion to virulence and efficacy of an attenuated canarypox vaccine in Hawaii Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)

Periodical:

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Year:

2012

Volume:

43

Pages:

808-819

Subject:

Amakihi Loxops virens Avian malaria Birds diseases

Summary:

While introduced mosquito-borne avian pox and malaria continue to have serious effects on the long-term recovery of Hawaii's endemic forest birds, few practical methods exist for the control of these diseases in wild populations. This has made it risky to translocate or introduce captive-reared birds into habitats that would otherwise be suitable for species transmission if the area is known to have active disease transmission. The goal of this study was to evaluate a vaccine that would lessen the risk or weaken the effects of these diseases and to see whether it could be used as a tool for protecting threatened and endangered captive-reared or wild honeycreepers during release or translocation or for protecting critically endangered wild populations that face significant threats from the transmission of these diseases.

Label:

Birds - General

Collection:

Periodicals